Weapon 2024, May
This is how Japanese soldiers fired from Minebea PM-9 in Iraq … This is how it happens … There was a material about a promising rifle of the Japanese army and one and only photo in it, a direct relationship to it even
What kind of submachine guns you will not find! There are also unusual samples … Police weapons. The previous material about the layout of a fundamentally new submachine gun for the police of the XXI century, we ended with a description of the cartridge, which is a block of barrels with four charges for each barrel. Eight
Director of the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant, which serially produces weapons under the Kalashnikov brand, Vladimir Grodetskiy said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that state tests of the new 200-series assault rifle would begin next year
Top-magazine RobArm M96 rifle. Note the gap between the stock and the magazine. Photo: Gun Rights MediaM96 Top Fed Carbine: imitation of a Bren machine gun The design of the M96 bolt box allows you to rearrange the rifle and get an imitation of a Bren machine gun. For this forend
A hand-held grenade launcher with an electronic sighting system will allow you to hit targets with charges bursting a meter away from half a kilometer. This weapon should be especially effective against an enemy entrenched in buildings, shelters, or even in a prepared trench. For efficient operation of the projectile
"We Came From Around the Corner" and "Nobody Wanted to Die": the devices for shooting from shelters go back as far as the 19th century. The problem, as you will see, is not new. With the advent of firearms, Russians, Germans, Americans and Israelis tried to solve it in their own way. Devices
The US Army and ILC are armed with dozens of sniper rifle models. These are semi-automatic rifles of the M14 and M110 series under .308Win and modifications of the M16 under .223Rem, as well as various large-caliber models from Barrett under .50BMG. Non-automatic rifles such as the legendary M40
A special two-medium assault rifle, or ADS, is a weapon that makes you feel proud of the Russian defense industry. The unique machine gun can be effectively used both on land and under water, and it is already in service with the Russian security forces. Shipments of the first batches began in 2019
Howa Type 89R, or Para (that is, with a folding stock) And the winner, And the defeated, In the game of this world - No more than a drop of dew, No longer than a flash of lightning. Ouchi Yoshitaka (1507-1551) Weapons and firms. And it so happened that, having suffered a crushing defeat in World War II, Japan experienced
Rifle "Type 89" in a situation close to combat. But soon she will be replaced! Even with a grain of courage a person can become a warrior, with a drop of love everyone can become a messiah … No matter how tired you are, no matter how lonely you are, do not forget, there are people who care about you … "Usagi Tsukino / Sailor
Czechoslovakian submachine gun Šcorpion vz. 61 The GDR industry produced small arms of all major classes, but submachine guns of their own design were not produced until a certain time. In the mid-sixties, an attempt was made to create such a weapon, which had a limited
Good, huh? I mean the beauty of the dress uniform! And for some reason it is very unusual for us to carry their INSAS machines. Probably more belligerent … I am dressed like a picture, I am in Japanese boots, In a large Russian hat, But with an Indian soul. I am in American socks, In tight trousers I am Spanish, In
German submachine gun MP-18. In the mid-twenties, Estonia had a noticeable amount of such weapons. Photo Wikimedia Commons Many samples of small arms were distinguished by a special design that could attract attention. Others did not stand out in this respect, but had a curious
Arab special forces fighters with CAR 816 rifles "Give me a job," I said, "for I am a renegade among my kind and my saber is wet with the blood of my cousin." R. Kipling. KimWeapons and firms. A material about CAR 816 carbines has just appeared on the pages of "VO", which caused numerous
CMMG Mk47 Mutant K with the stock removed You are our happiness, As the poet said! It's hard to keep my word, And I fall in love again With you every time For an hour! Operetta "Silva". Boni's couplets Weapons and firms. Modern business, including weapons, is a very
A prototype of the LWAMG machine gun, printed on a 3D printer. Photo: The Firearm Blog For the first time, they started talking about the new machine gun relatively recently. On 10/09/2017, The Firearm Blog published a note stating that Knight's Armament (KAC) presented a prototype at AUSA 2017
One of the experimental ZB-530 rifles, magazine removed. Photo Palba.cz In the early fifties, Czechoslovakia began to create a new family of small arms for the intermediate cartridge 7.62x45 mm of its own design. One of the representatives of the new family could be an automatic rifle
ARES FMG folding PCB layout In 1971, Eugene Stoner founded ARES Incorporated / ARES Inc. It was co-founded by Robert Bihun. To this day, the company develops, tests and manufactures small arms, automatic cannons, combat modules, fire control systems, and
In the photo above: the bolt box in position for assembling a carbine or an assault rifle. The photo below is an inverted bolt box for assembling a machine gun. Source: Forgotten Weapons This is a continuation of the article about the Stoner 63 complex. The first part is published here, the second part is here
The ORSIS-F17 multi-caliber sniper rifle is well known to all Russian lovers of precision weapons. The model was presented to the public in October 2017, the debut took place in Moscow at the ARMS & Hunting 2017 exhibition. Already in the summer of next year, the company began accepting orders for a new
SEAL fighter Greg McPartlin with a Stoner machine gun in his hands. Vietnam, 1968-1969. Photo: "The Coronado Times" In March 1962, the US Navy SEAL (seals) were sent to South Vietnam as military advisers, as well as for hydrographic support. However, the year
Rifle Ag m / 42B in the original configurationIn the mid-fifties, the Swedish army was armed with several types of small arms of different classes. There were both long-obsolete magazine rifles with manual reloading and newer self-loading systems. Modern automatic
Typical compound bow construction. Drawing Xlegio.ru According to various estimates, the first bows appeared several tens of thousands of years ago. Subsequently, this weapon was constantly changing, and its evolution led to the emergence of new varieties with certain characteristics. One of the main
This is where ADC rifles are made, and this is the case not only in the United States, but also, for example, in Italy, where the experienced master Roberto Dallera, together with his son Christian, created a classic Italian small business, where the owners themselves work not only with their heads, but also with their hands. And the rifles to them
Armored personnel carrier V100 Commando from the Cadillac Gage. Photo: Car From UK After ArmaLite sold the rights to manufacture the AR-15 to Colt Corporation, Eugene Stoner began working on another weapon system that would not infringe the patents received for the AR-10 and AR-15 rifles. The result
"Aelita". A still from the Soviet silent film of 1924 “Each of them had a weapon in the form of a short automatic rifle with a disc in the middle. Gusev, frowning, stood near the apparatus. Holding his hand on the Mauser, he watched as the Martians lined up in two rows. Their guns lay bent
Translation of an article published in the German weapons magazine "Visier" # 2 for 2019. Translator's note. This article piqued my interest, since I had never heard of such a weapon. An Internet search led to the only detailed article by Yuri Maksimov (Chernomor, user of the guns.ru forum)
Small arms ammunition systems represent a separate design problem, without which it is impossible to successfully create effective weapons. In particular, in the context of machine gun armament, of great interest are various systems that allow to increase the size
Submachine gun vz. 61 The Scorpion has become perhaps the most innovative product of the Czech defense industry. For the first time, an ultra-compact submachine gun was created and launched into a mass production, occupying an intermediate position between a pistol and a submachine gun. Due to its size and
It is known that the much-anticipated new version of the 200-series Kalashnikov assault rifle will be tested in 2011. The 200 series is based on the AK-74M. The news was announced by the director of the Izhmash plant Vladimir Grodetsky. According to him, a decent weapon should not be released every year or two, this is not so
The Metal Storm grenade launcher and machine gun system is an electronic rifled barrel with no moving parts. Ignition of charges is electrical impulse. Depending on the type of ammunition, the barrel can contain from 3 to 6 shells. Metal Storm - weapon system
The most powerful and terrible (after nuclear) weapon is the volumetric explosion ammunition BLU-82 Daisy Cutter (USA). The Russian counterpart - ODAB-500PM The volumetric explosion ammunition that appeared in the 1960s will remain one of the most destructive non-nuclear ammunition in this century. The principle is pretty simple:
In November 2009, the Colt Defense company expires a contract with the US DoD (US Department of Defense) for the supply of M4 carbines to the army and the USMC (Marine Corps). By this date, many famous weapons firms (such as Robison Arms, Z-M Weapon) presented their samples of small arms
In St. Petersburg, experts from Europe were shown in action a non-lethal electroshock device of remote action called "Paralyzer", Interfax reports, citing a representative of the Scientific and Production Association of Special Materials (NPO SM), where
The legendary Russian designer created the famous AK-47, working at the same plant with the famous gunsmith of Hitler The great designer Mikhail Kalashnikov admitted that immediately after the war in Izhevsk he worked together with Hugo Schmeisser, the best gunsmith of the Third Reich. And he was involved in
In the new 2017, the French armed forces intend to implement several new programs related to the rearmament of combat units. One of such projects concerns the sphere of anti-tank missile systems. Currently, the French army is armed with several systems of this
XIX was a turbulent epoch in the history of mankind, when much was done for the first time, when industry switched from a primitive hammer and anvil to high-precision machine tools, the first steam locomotives ran on the railways, steamers set sail, and the first airplanes began to make their first
"Cowboy" machine gun in the trenches of the Russian front The contribution of the American arms company "Colt" (to be precise - Colt's Manufacturing Company) in the combat potential of the Russian army, of course, can be considered one of the "blank spots" in the history of the Great War. Although in the public mind, thanks to the popular
I do not remember in the comments to which article and by whom, but it was proposed to make several materials in which the basic principles of the operation of firearms, as well as individual nuances of a particular system, would be described. This was proposed in the context of the popularization of weapons, since for many that
They say that 80% of men are murderers at heart. And this is quite possible to believe, if we recall our thousand-year biological history: men hunted game, and women gathered cereals. Therefore, it is not surprising that we are pleased to hold a weapon in our hands, have it at home, read articles about it in magazines, yes